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COURSE OUTLINE
Course ID Course title Credits
AV012DV01 EIC 1 00
(To be applied to semester 19.1B, school year: 2019 – 2020 under decision No. ……… dated
……… by Rector of Hoa Sen University)
A. Course specifications:
Periods Periods in classroom
Total
periods*
Lecture/
Seminar
Laboratory/
Studio Activity Fieldwork
Self-
study
periods
Lecture
room
Lab
room Fieldwork
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
158 60 98 00 158 77 00 00
*(1) = (2) + (3) + (4) + (5) = (7) + (8) + (9)
B. Other related subjects:
Other related Subjects Course ID
Prerequisites:
None
Co-requisites:
Other requirements:
C. Course description:
This course helps students achieve skills and language competence at A1
+ - A2 level based on
CEFR. Besides the traditional four skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing, this course also
focuses on academic reading and writing at beginning level to prepare students for their effective
further university study. As a result, this gives students a full picture of what the language is and
how it works in a certain context.
D. Course objectives:
Students can achieve all skills to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to
areas of most immediate relevance, communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and
direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters, describe in simple terms aspects of
their background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
E. Learning outcomes:
After this course, students’ English competence will be at CEFR A1
+ - A2 level as follows:
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Listening Can understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most
immediate personal relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information,
shopping, local area, employment), catch the main point in short, clear, simple
messages and announcements
Speaking Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange
of information on familiar topics and activities, use a series of phrases and sentences to
describe in simple terms their family and other people, living conditions, their
educational background and their present or most recent job
Reading Can read very short, simple texts, find specific, predictable information in simple
everyday material such as advertisements, menus and timetables and understand short
simple personal letters
Writing Can master punctuation and capitalization; write complete sentences about their
families, classmates, things that people usually do, places around the world, two cities
in the same country
F. Instructional modes:
1. The course is implemented with modes of instructions as follows:
- Lecture and assignments involving 4 language skills
- Pair / Group work
- Class report / public speaking
- Role play
- Homework
2. In-class teaching and studying will be specific as follows:
The total periods of 158 (53 sessions) spread throughout a semester with 6 sessions / week, 3
periods / session (2 periods / 53rd
session) by foreign and Vietnamese teachers at the ratio of
2:4.
3. The number of students in each class is no more than 30 students.
4. English is taught 100% in the classroom.
5. Requirements for students taking the course:
- Students must finish all homework and assignment / projects, unit tests assigned by teachers
in charge.
- Students must pay attention to the lecture and participate in all the class activities.
- Students must take the mid-term test (week 5/6) and final test (week 10).
- Students’ course result must be at 5 points as minimum (out of 10) to pass the course.
- Students must attend at least 70% of their course sessions to be eligible for the final exam.
- Students must be on time. Students who arrive late more than 15 minutes must be marked
absent.
G. Textbooks and teaching aids: Required Textbooks and Materials:
English File 3rd
edition (Elementary), Oxford University Press (Student’s book,
Workbook, CD & CD Rom)
Suggested Course Materials:
Supplementary Pack (ELT supplementary materials, topics cards, collection of
various activities + homework)
Teaching aids:
- English File elementary itools
- White board(s) + markers
- Projector
- Computer
- Flash cards
- Board games
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H. Assessment Methods (Requirements for completion of the course):
1. Description of learning outcomes assessment: - Progress assessment: Students are required to do all homework, class unit tests, projects
and other tasks assigned by teachers in charge.
- Mid-term test: There are two parts: oral and written. In the oral test, each student will
take a 5-minute face to face interview with a teacher in class. For written test, all
students will take a 90-minute test on an assigned date.
- Final test: There are two parts: oral and written. In the oral test, each student will take a
5-minute face to face interview with a teacher in class. For written test, all students will
take a 90-minute test on an assigned date.
Written test
The Midterm Written test contains Listening, Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading for a
total of 80 marks. The Final Written test contains Listening, Vocabulary, Grammar,
Reading for a total of 60 marks + 20 marks from Writing (the writing skill is tested in
class).
Section Midterm (90 minutes), Units 1-5 Final (90 minutes), Units 1-10
Listening (20
marks)
Part 1: The audio is played TWICE. This part contains 10 multiple choice
questions.
Part 2: Students listen to this part ONCE only. This part contains 10 multiple choice
questions.
Outcomes to be tested (A1+- A2)
- Listen to dialogues / short descriptions for specific information and details
- Listen to dialogues / short descriptions for gists
Themes of audio files match with themes of units in the coursebook
Vocabulary (20
marks/
Midterm, 10
marks/ Final)
This section contains a total of 20 multiple choice questions. All the words tested are
from the main course book, including Vocabulary Builder.
Grammar
(20 marks/
Midterm, 10
marks/ Final)
This section contains a total of 20 multiple choice questions. All the grammar points
tested are from the main course book, including Grammar Builder.
Reading (20
marks)
Part 1: This part contains 10 multiple choice questions.
Part 2: This part contains 10 multiple choice questions.
Outcomes to be tested (A1+- A2)
- Read a short text for gist and detail
- Read a short text for specific information
Themes of reading texts match with themes of units in the coursebook
Oral test
Students can get a maximum score of 20 marks.
It takes each student 4 minutes to make a short talk based on the topic given by the
examiner and answer follow-up questions. Students wait at a designated area and are
called to testing rooms by corridor monitors. The student’s performance is scored on the
scale of 0 to 20 marks, based on 4 criteria: fluency, vocabulary, grammar and
pronunciation. All speaking tests are recorded for future reference.
*Note: - The oral test is normally conducted at least 1 day before the Written test.
- Short talk topic cards are identical to the topics in Task 2 of the Oral Test.
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2. Summary of learning outcome assessment
No. Duration Assessment procedure Percenta
ge
Time of
assessment
Progress
assessment Students must do all
homework, class unit tests,
projects and other tasks
assigned by teachers.
30% Week 1-18
Mid-Term
Test
90 mins
5mins
+ Written Test: 90 minutes
+ Oral Test: 5’ face to face
interview with a teacher
25% Week
11/12
Redo
midterm test
90 mins
5mins
+ Written Test: 90 minutes
+ Oral Test: 5’ face to face
interview with a teacher
Week 16
Final test 90 mins
5mins
+ Written Test: 90 minutes
+ Oral Test: 5’ face to face
interview with a teacher
45% Week 19
3. Academic integrity
Academic integrity is a fundamental value that affects the quality of teaching, learning, and
research at a university. To ensure the maintenance of academic integrity at Hoa Sen University,
students are required to:
Work independently on individual assignments
Collaborating on individual assignments is considered cheating.
Avoid plagiarism
Plagiarism is an act of fraud that involves the use of ideas or words of another person
without proper attribution. Students will be accused of plagiarism if they:
i. Copy in their work one or more sentences from another person without proper
citation.
ii. Rephrase, paraphrase, or translate another person’s ideas or words without proper
attribution
iii. Reuse their own assignments, in whole or in part, and submit them for another class.
Work responsibly within a working group
In cooperative group assignments, all students are required to stay on task and contribute
equally to the projects. Group reports should clearly state the contribution of each group
member.
Any acts of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of zero for the task at hand and/or
immediate failure of the course, depending on the seriousness of the fraud. Please consult Hoa Sen
University’s Policy on Plagiarism at http://thuvien.hoasen.edu.vn/chinh-sach-phong-tranh-dao-
van. To ensure the maintenance of academic integrity, the university asks that students report
cases of academic dishonesty to the teacher and/or the Dean. The names of those students will be
kept anonymous
2. Teaching staff:
No. Professor’s name
Email, Phone
number,
Office location
Office hours Position
1
…
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3. Outline of topics to be covered (Learning schedule):
Week/
meeting
Topics References Homework
assignment
1,2 Orientation
Unit 1
1A: My name’s Hannah, not Anna
- Listening & Speaking
- Grammar & Grammar Bank 1A
(p.124): verb be [+], subject pronouns
- Pronunciation & Sound Bank (p.166): vowel sounds, word stress
- Listening & Speaking
1B: All over the world
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank
(p.149): the world
- Pronunciation: /ə/,/tʃ/,/ʃ/
- Grammar & Grammar Bank 1B
(p.124): verb be [?] and [-]
- Pronunciation & Speaking: Sentence
stress
- Vocabulary: numbers 21 - 100
- Listening
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) – Ele (p.
4 - 7)
- Great writing
(Foundations)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.4 - 7)
Unit 1
1C: Open your books, please.
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank
(p.150): classroom language
- Pronunciation: /aʊ/,/uː/,/ɑː/ the
alphabet
- Listening & Speaking
- Grammar: possessive
- Speaking
Writing 1: Write sentences about you and
your family
Unit 2
2A: A writer’s room
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.151): things
- Grammar: a/an, plurals
- Pronunciation: final -s and –es
- Listening & Speaking
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.126):
this/that/these/those
- Pronunciation: th
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
8 - 13)
- Great writing
(Foundations
)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.8 - 12)
3,4 2B: Stars and stripes
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.152): colours, adjectives part 1
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p,126):
Adjectives
- Pronunciation & Sound Bank (p.166): long & short vowel sounds
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank: Adjectives part 2
- Reading: Hollywood stars-Who are
they?
- Speaking
2C: After 300 metres, turn right
- Vocabulary: feelings
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
14 -17)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.13 - 16)
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Week/
meeting
Topics References Homework
assignment
- Listening & Reading
- Grammar: imperatives, let's
- Pronunciation: understanding
connected speech
- Speaking
Writing 1: Write sentences about you and
your family (2nd
)
Unit 1&2: Revise & Check
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Can you understand this text?
- Can you understand these people?
- Can you say this in English?
Unit 1&2: Revise & Check
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Pronunciation
- Can you understand this text?
- Can you understand these people?
- Can you say this in English?
Unit test 2 (Unit 3+ Unit 4)
Unit 3
3A: Things I love about Britain
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.153): verb phrases
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.128):
present simple [+] and [-]
- Pronunciation: third person -s
- Speaking: Starbucks, summer, and
other things I love about Britain
3B: Work and play
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.154): Jobs
- Listening
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.128):
present simple [?]
- Pronunciation: /ɜː/
- Speaking
- Reading: Uniforms - for or against
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
18 - 23)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.17 - 20)
5,6 Unit 3
3C: Love online
- Listening: Showing interest
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.128):
word order in questions
- Vocabulary & Pronunciation: question words, sentence stress
Writing 2: Write sentences about your
classmates or friends (1st)
In-class project
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele
(p. 24 - 25)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.21 - 22)
Unit 4
4A: Is she his wife or his sister?
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.130):
Whose ...?, possessive 's
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.155): family
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
26 - 33)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.24 - 29)
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Week/
meeting
Topics References Homework
assignment
- Pronunciation & Sound Bank (p.166): /ʌ/, the letter o
- Listening & Speaking
4B: What a life!
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.156): everyday activities
- Pronunciation: linking and sentence
stress
- Reading & Listening: Father &
Daughter
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.130):
prepositions of time (at, in, on) and
place
- Speaking
4C: Short life, long life?
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.157): adverbs & expressions of
frequency
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.130):
position of adverbs and expressions of
frequency
- Pronunciation & Sound Bank: the
letter h
- Reading & Speaking: The secrets of a
long life
7,8 Writing 2: Write sentences about your
classmates or friends (2nd
)
Unit 3&4: Revise & Check
- Grammar
- Vocabulary
- Pronunciation
- Can you understand this text?
- Can you understand these people?
- Can you say this in English?
Unit test 2 (Unit 3+ Unit 4)
Unit 5
5A
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.158): verb phrases
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.132):
can't
- Pronunciation: sentence stress
- Speaking
- Reading: Factor winners
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
34 - 37)
- Great writing
(Foundations
)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.30 - 31)
Unit 5
5B: Love your neighbours
- Vocabulary & Speaking: verb phrases
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.132):
present continuous
- Pronunciation & Speaking: /ŋ/
- Listening: Switzerland-The sound of
silence
5C: Sun and the City
- Vocabulary, Vocabulary Bank (p.159)& Listening: the weather and
reasons
- Reading & Speaking: What to do in
London ...
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
38 - 41)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.32 - 35)
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Week/
meeting
Topics References Homework
assignment
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.132):
present simple or present continuous
- Pronunciation: places in London
Writing 3: Write sentences about things
that people usually do (1st)
9,10
Unit 6
6A
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.134):
object pronouns
- Pronunciation: /aɪ/,/ɪ/, /iː/
- Reading & Listening: Sally's phone
- Speaking
6B
- Vocabulary, Vocabulary Bank (p.159) & Pronunciation: the date
- Reading: Favourite times
- Listening
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.134):
like + (verb + -ing)
- Speaking
6C
- Vocabulary: music
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.134):
revision: be or do?
- Pronunciation: /j/
- Speaking: Giving opinions
- Reading: Music is changing their
lives
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
44 - 49)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.37 –
- 42)
Writing 3: Write sentences about things
that people usually do (2nd
)
Review for Midterm test
Midterm Speaking test
- Great writing
(Foundations)
11,12 Midterm Written test
7A
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.136):
was/were
- Pronunciation & Speaking: sentence
stress
- Reading: National Portrait Gallery
- Vocabulary: word formation
- Listening
7B
- Reading & Listening:The taxi journey
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.136):
Past simple: regular verbs
- Pronunciation: -ed endings
- Vocabulary & Speaking: past time
expressions
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
52 - 55)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.43 - 45)
7C
- Reading: Why do we remember some
nights in our lives?
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.136):
Past simple: irregular verbs
- Listening
- Vocabulary & Vocabulary Bank (p.160): go, have,get
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
56 - 61)
- Great writing
(Foundations
)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.47 - 51)
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Week/
meeting
Topics References Homework
assignment
- Pronunciation: sentence stress
- Speaking
Writing 4: Write sentences about places
around the world(1st)
Unit 8
8A: A murder story
- Reading: Murder in a country house
- Pronunciation: past simple verbs
- Listening
- Grammar & Grammar Bank (p.138):
past simple-regular & irregular
- Speaking
13,14 Unit 8
8B: A house with a history
- Vocabulary: the house
- Listening
- Grammar: there is/there are
- Pronunciation: sentence stress
- Speaking
8C: A nigh in a haunted hotel
- Reading
- Vopcabulary: prepositions: place and
movement
- Pronunciation: silent letters
- Listening
- Grammar: there was/ there were
- Speaking
Unit 7& Unit 8 Review
Unit test 3
Unit 9
9A: What I ate yesterday
- Vocabulary: food
- Reading: What I ate yesterday
- Grammar: countable/uncountable
nouns
- Pronunciation: the letter ea
- Speaking
- Listening
9B: White gold
- Vocabulary: food containers
- Grammar: qualitifiers: how
much/how many, a lot of ...
- Pronunciation: /ʃ/ & /s/
- Speaking
- Reading
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele
(p.62 - 71)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.52- 55)
15, 16 Unit 9
9C: Quiz night
- Vocabulary: high numbers
- Listening: Quiz night
- Grammar: comparative adjectives
- Pronunciation: sentence stress
- Speaking
- Reading
Unit 10
10A: The most dangerous road
- Vocabulary: places and buildings
- Grammar: superlative adjectives
- Pronunciation: consonant groups
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
72 - 79)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.56 - 66)
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Week/
meeting
Topics References Homework
assignment
- Reading
- Speaking
10B: CouchSurf round the world
- Listening
- Grammar: be going to (plans)
- Pronunciation & speaking: sentence
stress
- Reading
- Vocabulary & Speaking: holidays
Unit 10
10C: What’s going to happen?
- Vocabulary: verb phrases
- Reading & Listening: It’s written in
the cards
- Grammar: be going to (predictions)
- Pronunciation: the letters oo
- Speaking
Unit 9& Unit 10 Review
Unit test 4
Unit 11
11A: First impresssions
- Reading
- Grammar: adverbs
- Pronunciation: word stress
- Listening & Speaking
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
80 - 85)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.67 - 70)
17, 18 Unit 11
11B: What do you want to do?
- Reading & Speaking: What do you
want to do with your life?
- Grammar: verbs + to+infinitive
- Pronunciation: sentence stress
- Speaking
11C: Men, women, and the internet
- Vocabulary & pronunciation: the
internet
- Speaking& Listening
- Grammar: articles
Unit 12
12A: Books and films
- Grammar: present perfect
- Pronunciation: sentence stress
- Vocabulary: irregular past participles
- Speaking & Listening
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
86 - 93)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.71 - 77)
Unit 12
12B: I’ve never been there!
- Listening
- Grammar: present perfect or past
simple
- Vocabulary & Pronunciation: more
irregular past participles
- Speaking
12C: The English File questionnaire
- Reading: Interview with Sir Ian
Mckellen
- Vocabulary: revision: word groups
- Pronunciation: revision: sounds
- Grammar & Speaking:
revision:question formation
- English File
3rd
edition
(SB) - Ele (p.
94 - 97)
- English
File 3rd
edition
(WB) - Ele
(p.78 - 81)
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